Is the Enhanced USB Port Replicator Really Hot-Pluggable?

Folks,
I have the T61 and am just getting to know the very nice Enhanced USB Port Replicator. We have a wireless KB/mouse, video and external hard drive, as well as the ethernet cable, all plugged in.
SITUATION "HOT PLUGGABLE": The somewhat sparse documentation (that's probably a good thing, if it works as advertised) says that the whole thing is "hot pluggable", and specifically mentions hard drives. The implication is you don't have to turn your laptop off to disconnect. WOW, a huge time saver (and a distinction with the Dell laptop I have at work, with a docking station that corrupts the files if you don't shut everything down before disconnecting).
BUT SEAGATE HAS WARNING: Seagate documentation for the popular FreeAgent Pro line of stylish external hard drives says that you absolutely MUST execute the Vista "USB safe removal" gambit in order to prevent file corruption -- or even partition corruption on your external drive. THEN THEY EVEN SUGGESTION UNPLUGGING THE DATA AND POWER CABLES. This is now in the realm of fantasy as well as inconvenience. Which leads me to think that the documentation was written by a lawyer and not a technical person.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Is the new "Enhanced USB technology", which is written about on USB resource sites, capable of providing true, safe storage hot pluggability?
FOOTNOTE: I'd like to believe the thing is truly hot-pluggable. I'm just wondering if there are any open files related to the whole real-time backup thing from the Seagate software, if this would cause a problem. Is the USB smart enough to handle that?
Thanks for any advice.
LD
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